Prag 559

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359165

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359165.

Transliteration

5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
9(disz) 5/6(disz) _ma-na an-na_
1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 559. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359165) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359165..

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